YOU ARE READING mutilations Poetry full of such terrible light © z. t. corley, 2023 #absence #africanamerican #anxiety #daughters #desire #family #fathers #girlhood #identity #injustice #loss #mothers #poembook #poemcollection #poetry #poetrycollection #rage #redemption #resilience #self-discovery #self-scrutiny #silence #trauma #womanhood WHEN THE WORLD WAS BURNING 27 6 1 by UNWILTED by UNWILTED Follow Share Post to Your Profile Share via Email Report Story Send Send to Friend Share Post to Your Profile Share via Email Report Story When the world was burning I did notturn away. When I was burning—the world saw nothing.